CHRISTOPHER MAKOS

Christopher Makos was born
in Lowell, Massachusetts, grew up in California, and moved to Paris to study
architecture and worked as an apprentice at Man Ray studio. Later moved to New
York where he became the official photographer at the Andy Warhol Factory.
Makos was considered "the most modern photographer in America" by
Warhol and the Pop Artists who used to hang out with him. His photographs have
been exhibited in galleries and museums internationally, with works shown at
the Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao, the Whitney Museum of American Art in New
York, IVAM museum (Valencia) and the permanent collection of the Reina Sofia
Museum (Madrid). His works have appeared in countless magazines and newspapers
worldwide, including Architectural Digest, Interview, Rolling Stone, New York
Magazine. He published several important books, including the most recent Warhol/Makos In Context (powerHouse,
2007), Andy in China and Christopher Makos Polaroids by Photology
(2009). He has been represented by
Photology since year 2000 and
included in
group shows such as Occhio per occhio
(2003), Polamaniacs (2006) and The New York scene. Sex, Art
& America Culture 70-80. In fall 2009 Photology featured his first solo
show: Polaroids which later travelled to
Hamburg, New York and Bergamo. Makos still lives and works in Manhattan.